enter AliaK [filter] site or search for Australian electronic music, hip hop, sound art & arts project listings content. articles are still available via web search too.

socials

::: twitter
::: instagram
::: linkedin ::: companies worked for: Synamedia, Cisco, NDS, FOXTEL, Optus Television, Seven Network (Channel 7 Brisbane), with APAC based customers such as: Sky New Zealand, Tata Sky (India), FOXTEL, Dogan (Turkey), True Vision (Thailand), Astro (Malaysia), Network Ten, Cricket Australia, STAN, Mediaworks (NZ), Fox Sports Australia + more

creative projects

my professional career not listed here - see linkedin
in reverse date order

AliaK projects (current)

website migrations in progress

::: invisibleart.space ::: art gallery + project space ::: Balmain // White Bay (Sydney/AUS) ::: immaterial ::: digital ::: experimental ::: arts ::: https://www.instagram.com/invisibleart.space

::: [filter] Australian electronic music, hip hop, sound art & arts project listings; AliaK blog (main site); and specture project research ::: slowly migrating to AliaK [filter] site/url

curatorial

art, music, projects, community curations and grassroots archives

November 2025. Co-curator, decentralized curation. Unique Ingredients, Teia group show at Art on Tezos. Schlachter 151, Berlin (Germany). Balmain, Sydney. 6-9 November 2025.

September 2025. invisible art space ARI group exhibition at The ARI Show @ Muse Gallery, Ultimo, Sydney. 02-18 September 2025.

September 2025. Dwell group exhibition with artists: Victoria Lobregat and Stu Sontier at invisible art space. Balmain, Sydney. 06-27 September 2025.

August 2025. visible/invisible group exhibition with artists: Angharad Evans, Beata Geyer and Anke Stäcker, at invisible art space. Balmain, Sydney. 09-30 August 2025.

June - July 2025. sustain group exhibition with artists: celadoor, Keorattana Luangrathrajasombat and Shelley Watters, at invisible art space. 14 June – 19 July 2025 (extended from 05 July).

December 2023. Co-curator, decentralized curation. The Sun is Not the Only Bright Star, Teia group show at Tezos x RefractionDAO exhibition. Nautilus Hotel in Miami (USA) and online gallery. 06-08 December 2023. [ Catalog ]

2011-2012. Project manager, cataloguer and researcher. The Stealth Collection.

2010-2013. Project manager, researcher. TurntableTag.

2010. Record label owner and music release project manager. Stealth Tenth Anniversary CD. AliaK records.

2005-. Project manager and researcher. Brisbane Dance Parties Archive.

2002. Record label owner and music release project manager. Love You Brisbane Remix Project CD. project:records [AliaK records].

2001. Music event planner / project manager. sun @ mantra. Mantra nightclub, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

2000-2004. Internet radio show presenter and planner. briz:b:e:a:t:s. Pulseradio.net. My show was broadcast from Brisbane, Sydney and guest locations such as London - it was a 4 hour show initially on Sunday afternoons (Brisbane time) that started in early 2000, with test broadcasts in late 1999. There were multiple shows per week during the first year or so prior to relocating to Sydney. [ Firehorse article ] (see also Priestman's Web Radio: Radio Production for Internet Streaming book below)

2000-. Writer, curated listings. AliaK [filter]. http://aliak.com. Electronic music, hip hop, sound art, textiles, art, digital project listings. Initially an email list, then this site since 2003, personal blog & project info more recently.

exhibitions

March - April 2026. plastisphere creatures (cyanotype) in the Otherworldly exhibition group show at Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle, NSW. 27 March - 19 April 2026. Curated by Jo McLean.

February 2026. Machine Astrology in the PROCESS.ED exhibition group show at Articulate Project Space. Leichhardt, Sydney. 07 February - 01 March 2026.

December 2025. Cordyline Fragments in the "a:\Hybrid Matter - GLB 2.0.exe" exhibition. 16-31 December 2025. Curated by Ceren Su @celikcerensu & Abramovskiy @abramovskiyv // @accomparts. [ online 3d world gallery ::: auction ::: article ]

November 2025 - January 2026. sentimental chair - brown chair in the Angels In Our Town Art Prize 2025, part of the Southern Highlands Arts Trail. Centennial Vineyards, Bowral. 31 October 2025 – 29 January 2026.

November 2025. Various works in the invisible art space art-shed as part of The Southern Highlands Arts Trail, Bowral, NSW. 01-02 and 08-09 November 2025.

November 2025. All that remains ::: numbat. Arts Trail Hub 2025 group show, part of Southern Highlands Arts Trail. Atrium Gallery, Moss Vale Civic Centre, Gundungurra Country. 31 Oct - 28 Nov 2025.

November 2025. remuxed in the RE:IMAGE exhibition group show at Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, Sydney. 01-23 November 2025. Curated by Anke Stäcker and Beata Geyer.

September 2025. "all that remains ::: numbat" in the invisible art space exhibition at The ARI Show at The Muse Gallery, Ultimo Tafe. 02-18 September 2025.

September 2025. "disperse" in the 4th Australian Biennale of Reductive Art (ABORA4) group show at Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, Sydney. 06-28 September 2025.

September - October 2025. Bilby / Bilbye / Shimmer Bilby Gem in the Tender exhibition at Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney. 19 September - 05 October 2025. Curated by Shelley Watters. ::: Laurence Kimmel was invited to interpret the themes: extinct bilby, their burrows, interconnectedness of ecology. [ roomsheet ]

August 2025. "sentimental chair" in the HOME exhibition group show at Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, Sydney. 02-24 August 2025.

May 2025. "the entanglement of extinction and ecology - wallabye & bilbye" in The Mantel Show group show & fundraiser at Branch3D, Forest Lodge, Sydney. 1-31 May 2025. Curated by Sarah Nolan.

May 2025. "spectureSpeciesSpaces" in "Agitate/d" group show at Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, Sydney. 03-25 May 3-25. Curated by Lizzy Marshall.

April 2025. "String Figure Palimpsest" (2021) and "Blokerakt" (2025) video works included as guest artist in Laurence Kimmel's "Threshold Spaces(part2)" exhibition at Branch3D, Forest Lodge, Sydney. 05-26 April 2025.

April 2025. "shimmer ::: eucalyptus" in "Earth" group show at Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, Sydney. 5-27 April 5-27 2025. Curated by Beata Geyer.

March 2025. "body as sac" in "Boobs are Dancing" group show at Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, Sydney. 1-23 March. Curated by Elizabeth Rankin and Kirsten Drewes.

February 2025. "specture ::: bilby shimmer" in "PROCESS.ED" group show at Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, Sydney. 1-23 February. Curated by Beata Geyer.

December 2024. "plastisphere creatures" finalist in "Creative AI" category, Australian XR Festival. Awards & public showing held at State Library NSW, Sydney. 14 December 2024.

November 2024. "plastisphere creatures" in "Manipulated" group show at Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, Sydney. 2-24 November. Curated by Anke Stäcker.

May 2022. "Shimmer" art work included in Flora | Fauna #2 exhibition at Tz1and.com virtual world, curated by Melody Owen (Pearl Hyacinth) and Michelle Brown (theBadLament).

November 2016. Jocelyn Maughan Prize, 2016 Julian Ashton Art School End of Year Student Exhibition (two drawings entered & exhibited). Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Sydney.

September 2016. "After Moore 'Square Form'" in 2016 Annual Studio Exhibition students' group show at Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, Erskinville, Sydney. 26 September - 02 October 2016. [ image ]

May 2014. "A Spoonful of Threads" in the "Spoon!" exhibition at The Slowclub (now called The Snug), Melbourne. 12-24 May 2014. Curated by Kate Kingsmill.

also submitted works for other artists' community projects, not itemised here

selected articles / press on my work

Farinha, Filipe. 2025. "ARKIVO: An Information System for the Preservation of Networked Crypto Art [Zenodo]." Zenodo. PhD Thesis at University of Saint Joseph - Macau, Institute for Data Engineering and Science. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15284347. (search for my name, AliaK or 'data as landscape')

The Tickle. 2023. "The Tickle - Issue #88."The Tickle.

AliaK. 2022. "specture ::: topology and context."Fx(hash).

The Tickle. 2021. "The Tickle - Issue #25." The Tickle.

Blaze. 2011. "Mental Combat Hip Hop with Blaze."3D World - Sydney. 1044: 26. [ Archive PDF copy ]

Priestman, Chris. 2001. Web Radio: Radio Production for Internet Streaming. Houston, Texas, USA: Gulf Professional Publishing. [ google book version ]
Not a direct quote / mention, but on page 124 there's mention of Pulse Radio starting out then connecting Adelaide and Brisbane shows - the Brisbane show mentioned here was my briz:b:e:a:t:s show which started in early 2000 (test broadcasts in late 1999).

Swales, Kris. 2000. "LUCID STREAMING - Two Turntables and A Cable Modem."Firehorse. [ ( Archive PDF copy ) ( Archive PDF copy2 ) ]

selections of my writing + writing projects & programmes

2022. "specture ::: topology and context."Fx(hash).

2022. "entanglement."AliaK.com.

2012. The Next Page. New South Wales Writers' Centre, Sydney. Recipient of NSWWC writing projects' mentoring programme.

2011-2016. Copyediting "From the Floor" articles. Dancecult Journal.

2011. "Turntables of Doom." Dancecult Journal. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12801/1947-5403.2011.03.01.11.

2011. "Hunter SBX - The Words."AliaK.com. Archived from OzHipHop.com.

2011-. Copyediting, writing. Wikipedia. Mostly Australian music, arts articles. [ user page ]

2002. "'Silver Stars' Shine Brightly for Vision Four 5."AliaK.com.

more via http://www.aliak.com/category/interview

blockchain based digital art

driftings in drawings ::: blockchain based NFT digital art & NFT accounts

current
::: teia digital art
::: fx(hash) - hand programmed generative code-based drawings (not generative-AI)

no longer active
::: butiq - digital art portfolio ::: specture ::: sentimental chairs ::: api drawings ::: blokerakt ::: 3D art objects ::: string figures ::: words ::: video art ::: one line one breath ::: events
::: h=n / HEN / hic et nunc - digital art
::: Tz1and - virtual world - 3d art objects
::: typed.art - text, articles & a blockchain MOO
::: 8scribo - haiku
::: versum - digital art

holding room // older projects

::: coaxials ::: digital provenance backed by the blockchain in this increasingly AI content laden world
::: suitable for generic usage, starting with an artist profile platform with decentralised certificate of authenticity (COA) and provenance of their physical and digital work + more (WIP)

::: the withdrawing room

::: ark[hive] magazine ::: an ark[hive] of Australian electronic music, hip hop and sound art from 1987-2004

::: kindreds press ::: ebooks and chapbooks

::: substack articles

::: medium articles

::: tech art lab + AliaK projects ::: tech + art + creative services

::: ark[hive] ::: an ark[hive] | archive of articles by AliaK / blog / 3log, hosted/archived on the tezos blockchain / IPFS ::: alt sites: AliaK ark[hive]

::: briz:b:e:a:t:s internet radio show held on pulseradio.net from 2000-2004 (being transferred from aliak.com & aliakfilter.com where it's currently located to http://www.brizbeats.com)
see also:
Swales, Kris. 2000. "LUCID STREAMING - Two Turntables and A Cable Modem." Firehorse. https://web.archive.org/web/20000925084500/http://www.firehorse.com.au/f.... ( Archive PDF copy ) ( Archive PDF copy2 )

::: AliaK records ::: digital download of some talented Australian music artists (+ dreams of 7" vinyl releases which are still on todo list)

::: Brisbane dance parties archive ::: an archive of Brisbane dance music, electronic music, hip hop and sound art from 1987-2001 (research stages) ::: main site under maintenance - check earlier versions at archive.org

::: the Stealth collection ::: an archive listing the Stealth Magazine Australian hip hop CD collection

::: #turntabletag ::: documenting the current state of play in Australian turntablism via turntablists' videos

::: love you Brisbane remix project ::: CD launched at Straight Out of Brisbane (SOOB) Festival 2002 - see http://www.aliakrecords.com/love-you-brisbane-remix-project ::: http://www.loveyoubrisbaneremixproject.com

community projects

::: funds for da masta ::: documenting the fundraising auction for da masta

::: the stealth board 10th anniversary cd project
see also:
Blaze. 2011. "Mental Combat Hip Hop with Blaze." 3D World - Sydney. 1044: 26. https://issuu.com/spa_magazines/docs/3dn_1044. ( Archive PDF copy )

::: TurntableTag ::: documenting the current state of play in Australian turntablism via turntablists' videos

::: stop killing whales ::: news on whales

::: swap for Hunts ::: documenting the #swapForHunts project that Mass MC organized

::: Wikipedia editing ::: mostly Australian music articles, some Australian women artist/musician articles

textiles

textiles, fibre, fabric manipulation, art, printing, painting, drawing, art books, projects, communities and artists

::: textiles arts calendar + textiles reading list ::: textile arts listings for projects, workshops and exhibitions

::: explorations in textiles ::: AliaK's textile explorations (& uni course blog) (2020 update: migrated to AliaK.com blog)

::: dropping the feed dogs ::: a place for hand & machine embroidery, knitting, weaving, textiles art (2020 update: migrated to AliaK.com blog)

::: haptic human ::: exploring the human touch in handmade objects (2020 update: migrated to AliaK.com blog)

::: atoms of sound ::: sound recordings made by AliaK over the years – sound walks, conferences / talks, some interviews (often low/noisy audio quality though)